James Fenton, Ledbury Poetry Festival

About the event

James Fenton on The New Faber Book of Love Poems

An evening of love poetry as James Fenton reads from and talks about The New Faber Book of Love Poems, which he edited. One of the great poets of our time, James Fenton is truly a renaissance man: political journalist, drama critic, book reviewer, war correspondent, foreign correspondent and columnist. Come and hear the classics and favourites, alongside blues lyrics, American folk poetry, Elizabethan lyrics and Broadway songs. A charismatic performer, James Fenton will entrance you with some of the most engaging and emotive lyric poems ever written.
Tickets £8, 0845 458 1743